11k cases (11 is a sacred number to the DS). President of Palestine spoke with Israeli Prime Minister today in a rare exchange. They were the first country in the world to mass vaccinate and deaths are twice as high as they were a year ago.
They haven't even hit Autumn where it will further explode. Something massive is coming.
One Orthodox Rabbi talked about the lyrics of Hatikvah, Israel's national anthem. Near the end it says: "Our hope is not yet lost, our hope of 2000 years, to be a free people in our land, Zion and Jerusalem."
He said it would have been truer to Judaism if the lyric was "to be a HOLY people in our land, Zion and Jerusalem."
Emulating Western Democracies, though I suppose it makes sense on the geopolitical level, is the same mistake that the Israelites made when they went to Samuel the prophet and asked him to give them a king... like ALL THE OTHER nations had.
G-d commanded the Israelites to have a king over themselves... but it was to be a holy king, a spiritual king, a king with a copy of the Torah on his person at all times. But they didn't ask for that king. They asked for a king like ALL THE OTHER nations...
I love Israel. I supported her all my life. But she did the absolute worst possible response to the Covid challenge anyone could. The first country to go with Vaccine passports. Horrible. It breaks my heart.
God was their king in the form.of the Shekhina Glory. His throne was the Ark of the Covenant. He sat on the Mercy Seat.